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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Wandsworth 1896

Report on the health and sanitary condition of the several parishes comprised in the Wandsworth District during the year 1896

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Parish of Clapham.

Table: Ages at Death The proportion of the deaths at the various age groups to the total deaths was as follows :—

Ages at Death The proportion of the deaths at the various age groups to the total deaths was as follows :—

Under 5 years42.2 per cent.
From 5 to 65 years38.9 „
Above 65 years18.9 „

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This is a considerable increase of the group under 5
years of age and a proportionate diminution of that over
65.
The Infantile death-rate was 1.38. In the previous
four years the figures were 143, 146, 113 and 131. The
rate for the whole of London in 1896 was 161. This is, of
course, the rate of mortality of infants under 1 year of age
per thousand births.

Table: Social position The proportion in the various social grades was as follows :—

Social position The proportion in the various social grades was as follows :—

Nobility and Gentry3.6 per cent.
Professional Classes5.0 „
Middle and Trading Classes31.2 „
Industrial and Labouring Classes60.2 „

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Zymotic
Mortality ond
Sickness.
The following Table gives the deaths from
Zymotic Diseases for this and each of the
last 10 years. The deaths that occurred in
out-lying Institutions as well as those in the parish are
included in it.
D 2